0173 – In-lyu-myeol-mang-bo-go-seo (2012)

Doomsday Book (Hangul: 인류멸망보고서; RR: Inryu myeongmang bogoseo; lit. “Report on the Destruction of Mankind”) is a 2012 South Korean science-fiction anthology film directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung. It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era, while displaying an alternative form of genuine humanity and compassion. A Brave New World is a political satire about a viral zombie outbreak; The Heavenly Creature philosophizes on whether a robot can achieve enlightenment; and in Happy Birthday a dysfunctional family bonds in the midst of an apocalypse.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2297164/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Book_(film)

170 – transcendence

Transcendent Man (2009)

Transcendent Man is a 2009 documentary film by American filmmaker Barry Ptolemy about inventor, futurist and author Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about the future of technology in his 2005 book, The Singularity is Near. In the film, Ptolemy follows Kurzweil around his world as he discusses his thoughts on the technological singularity, a proposed advancement that will occur sometime in the 21st century when progress in artificial intelligence, genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics will result in the creation of a human-machine civilization.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117394/

Ray Kurzweil, whose very name in a scrumptious irony, recapitulates the very finitude against which he is struggling so mightily (eine kurze Weile is German for “a little while”, “a brief period”)

Transcendence (2014)

Transcendence is a 2014 dystopian science fiction film directed by cinematographer Wally Pfister in his directorial debut, and written by Jack Paglen.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/

 

168 – Okja (2017)

spacetime coordinates: 2017 South Korea, New York City

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3967856/

Animal Liberation Front

156 – 13 Hours (2016)

spacetime coordinates: 2012   Benghazi, Libya

Dave ‘Boon’ Benton: “All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells are within you.”.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (also known simply as 13 Hours) is a 2016 American biographical war drama-thriller film directed and co-produced by Michael Bay and written by Chuck Hogan, based on Mitchell Zuckoff‘s 2014 book 13 Hours. The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fight to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of terrorist attacks on September 11, 2012.

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155 – Everything

narrated by British philosopher Alan Watts.
More info – http://everything-game.com   steam

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Deeply Artificial Trees (excerpt)

Alexander Reben / @artBoffin

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Google’s DeepMind A.I.

DeepDream

151 – American Gods TV Series (2017– )

spacetime coordinates: the last ice age > 813 A.D > 1697 > … > 21th century America //  1721 Ireland > 1979 Tehran

American Gods is an American television series based on the novel of the same name, written by Neil Gaiman and originally published in 2001. The television series was developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the premium cable network Starz. Fuller and Green are the showrunners for the series.

The series focuses on Shadow Moon, who meets a strange man named Mr. Wednesday after being released from prison, and soon becomes embroiled in a large-scale conflict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, who grow stronger each day.

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Chernobog,  Zorya, Jinn, Anansi, Ēostre